Great people and culture without the cringe I’ve seen at older companies - Senior Software Developer ESO Employee Review

4.0
27 Aug 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Overall pretty happy with this company. Career progression gets knocked on in other reviews but this has been the clearest I’ve seen in my career so I’m not complaining. Very open to process and technical changes engineering-wise, being recognized for my contributions, I work with great people both in and outside of my direct team, and salary is on the higher end for Canada. Less so vs US due to our dollar but I’m pretty comfortable. Although with the recent negative reviews I can see that my positive experience may be unique to my team and who I have the privilege to work with. The compensation again is comfortable for myself but I have heard from many of my peers that they’re on the lower side which is unfortunate so I’m sure there is truth to those complaints.

Cons

Nothing unique to this company really: tech debt which we’re all putting in the work to fix, some teams difficult to work with if you’re putting in work in their code base, and noticeable scope creep. This fortunately doesn’t always lead to overtime but does sometimes hurt committed deliverables which can lead to overtime. I myself normally had to do 1-2 OT days of maybe 2-3 hours per month so luckily it’s not frequent and very little extra time.

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5.0
29 Oct 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great environment/atmosphere and people to work with

Cons

Salary could be a little higher

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2.0
5 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I had great directors while I was there, who have all sadly left

Cons

All the good ones are gone. Layoffs are a regular occurrence. Customer churn is constant. Sad to see what was once an amazing company, circle the drain

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